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Pygetera Kirby, 1892

Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Lymantriinae (subfamily)/  Nygmiini (tribe)/  Pygetera (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym , the accepted name is Euproctis
Authorship:Kirby, 1892
Citation:Genus 49. Pygetera
Taxon remarks:Type species: Cataphractes holdingii Felder, 1874. In: Felder & Rogenhofer, Reise der österreichische Fregatte Novara (9), 2 (Abt. 2): pl. 99, fig. 8. By monotypy. An objective replacement name for Cataphractes Felder, 1874, thought to be preoccupied by Cataphractus Gronovius, 1763 [Mammalia].
Publication:Kirby W. F. 1892a. A synonymic catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera. (Moths.) Vol. I. Sphinges & Bombyces.
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Pagination:446
URL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9693507